Association of the bradykinin receptors genes variants with hypertension: a case–control study and meta-analysis

AbstractBackground: The present study was to investigate the role of bradykinin receptors genes polymorphisms on hypertension risk in Northern Han Chinese population. We also carried out a meta-analysis on Chinese to derive a more full assessment of this association. Methods and results: A total of 976 subjects from Northern Han Chinese and 7 studies with 1599 cases and 1425 controls were included in this case–control study and in the current meta-analysis, respectively. For the case–control study, we identified the genotypes of −58T/C and 1098A/G polymorphism in BDKRB2 and BDKRB1 genes, respectively, by TaqMan PCR method. Overall, we found significant association between the −58T/C polymorphism and the increased risk of hypertension in the allele comparison (p = 0.01, OR = 1.386, 95%CI [1.138–1.688]). Subgroup analysis by gender suggested that this obvious association could still be found in males, but not in females. For the 1098A/G polymorphism, no significant association was revealed in overall and su...